Celebrity Book Clubs GO IRL, Literary Grudges, and more book news
Jeff and Rebecca talk about still being pissed off about the 2012 non-pulitzer, Gaiman seemingly throwing in the image rehab towel, legal challenges and defenses, and more before talking about their recent reading.
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Discussed in this Episode:
The Books of Marie-Helene Bertino...with Marie-Helene Bertino on First Edition
Jane Friedman on The Business of Being a Writer on First Edition
The Long History of The Simplified Spelling Movement with Gabe Henry on First Edition.
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Exit Zero by Marie-Helene Bertino
Enough is Enuf by Gabe Henry
Pronoun Trouble by John McWhorter
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54:22
The 10 Best Winners of The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction of the Century So Far
Jeff and Rebecca continue to get mileage out of the "Of the Century so Far" framing, this time by ranking the fiction winners of the Pulitzer prize. Tough.
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54:22
NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro, the book and the movie [Teaser]
It's the 20th anniversary of the publication of Kazuo Ishiguro's modern classic, Never Let Me Go. Jeff and Rebecca recorded this episode diving into the book and movie in 2022.
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8:50
Study Shows Book Bans Lead to Increased Readership, the "Shadow Daddies" of Romantasy, and More
Rebecca sits down with Vanessa Diaz to discuss a new study that shows book bans lead to increased readership of inclusive content, the men cashing in big on romantasy, PEN Awards finalists, and more.
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Discussed in this Episode:
PEN Awards Finalists
ALA State of America’s Libraries report
New study finds that book bans lead to increased readership
ACLU files suit against Department of Defense schools over book banning
The men cashing in on romantasy
Meta says books used to train LLMs are both essential and essentially worthless
Searches by Vauhini Vara
Murder at Gull's Nest by Jess Kidd
Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage
Harlem Rhapsody by Victoria Christopher Murray
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56:37
Talking Bibliotherapy with Emely Rumble
Rebecca talks with Emely Rumble, author of Bibliotherapy in the Bronx, about using books as a tool for individual and collective healing, social justice, and more.
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Bibliotherapy in the Bronx
Literapy NYC
National Association for Poetry Therapy
International Federation of Biblio/Poetry Therapy
The Center/Institute for Creative "Righting"
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